NORMAN "BOB" ARNESEN '50 died from cancer on November 27, 2001, at
the age of 77.
Born in Canby, Oregon, Bob served in Europe as a staff sergeant during World
War II.
He attended Northwest Nazarene College, where he met his wife, Ethel, and
then came
to SPC. During 30 years with Washington's Shoreline School District, he
taught
fifth and sixth grades for nine years and was a principal for 21 years. He
was
president of the principals' association and served as editor of the state
principals'
newsletter. Bob received a number of community service awards, including the
PTA
Acorn Award, KJR Radio Teacher of the Day and KIRO Citizen of the Day. After
retirement, he served as facilities administrator of the North Seattle
Church of
the Nazarene and taught English to Chinese immigrants. Bob is survived by
Ethel,
three children and seven grandchildren.

FLORA BURNS '32 died on October 16, 2001. She was 91 years old.
Although
her college education was interrupted by the Depression, Flora earned her
bachelor's
degree once her daughters were teenagers. She then taught home economics at
SPC
for 19 years, retiring in 1974. In 1991, she and her now deceased husband,
G.
Kimball Burns, moved to Warm Beach Senior Community. Over the years, she was
active
in the Herman Free Methodist Church in Los Angeles, Seattle's First Free
Methodist
Church and the Warm Beach Free Methodist Church. Flora is survived by two
daughters, JANET BURNS BUCK '55 and MARILYN BURNS WICK '60;
five
grandchildren, MELANIE BUCK WHITEHEAD '79, LORI BUCK MCMACKIN
'83,
STEVEN WICK '86, KEVIN WICK '87 and BRIAN WICK '89; and
nine
great-grandchildren.

GENEVA HEMRY '30 died on September 28, 2001. She was 94 years old.
Born
in Polo, Minnesota, Geneva became a teacher after graduating from SPC. She
was
also a longtime member of University Presbyterian Church in Seattle. Her
survivors
include a niece and numerous grandnieces and grandnephews.

STANLEY JACOBSEN '60 died on July 29, 2000, after an extended
illness. He
was 72 years old. Growing up in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Stanley
earned
his bachelor's degree at SPC before beginning a 25-year teaching career in
the
Mukilteo, Washington, School District. In 1979, he and his wife, Dolores,
moved
to Camano Island. He is survived by Dolores, three children and four
grandchildren.

MARYEE RICHARDSON JOHNSON '50 died on October 16, 2001, at the age of
85.
After graduating from SPC, she earned a master's degree in education from
Atlanta
University before returning to the Northwest. Until 1983, she taught
kindergarten
in the Seattle School District. She is survived by a niece and nephews, and
several
grandnieces and grandnephews.

THOMAS MULHOLLAND '73 died on September 12, 2001, after battling
cancer.
He was 51 years old. A Washington native, Thomas did post-graduate work at
the
University of Washington after completing his undergraduate degree at SPC
and
before teaching for two years in Redmond, Oregon. He and his family then
returned
to Washington, where he taught high school in Redmond, Washington. In 1978,
he
joined the Fluke Corporation as the manager of training and development.
Thomas
served on the Citizens Advisory Committee for the University of Washington,
Bothell,
since 1997, and he was a strong supporter of college athletics. He is
survived by
his wife, Laura, and two children.

WILLIAM SCHEIBNER '60 died on May 30, 2001, at age 69. After serving
three
years in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict, William attended SPC and
then
became a teacher and librarian in the Kennewick School District in
Washington.
He retired in 1987. He and his wife, ROBERTA HULET SCHEIBNER '51,
taught
Sunday School together for many years at the Kennewick Nazarene Church. He
also
belonged to the East Benton County Historical Society, Washington State
Historical
Society, National Rifle Association and the Washington Commission for the
Humanities.
William is survived by his wife, two children and six grandchildren.

JOHN SPARKS '40 died on September 4, 2001, at the age of 87. After
graduating
from SPC, John spent 39 years as an educator and basketball and football
coach in
Washington's Federal Way and Bellevue school districts. He is survived by
his wife
of 59 years, IMO ROWE SPARKS '40.

AMOS ULBERG '51 died on September 28, 2001, at the age of 83. After
graduating
from SPC, Amos attended the Los Angeles School of Optometry, returned to the
Northwest
and became the first optometrist in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle in
1954.
He retired after 40 years. A member of the Northgate Rotary Club, Amos was
the
president of the Northgate School Board in the 1950s. He was an avid bowler,
and
he enjoyed golf, gardening, computers and ham radio. Amos was preceded in
death
by his first wife and a son. He is survived by his second wife, three
children,
five stepchildren, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.